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3D model visualization
I don't think there's a way to do this directly but theres some interesting methods for simulating 3d. The beta "shape map" would be the key...In theory you could mesh your revit elements and kick them to topoJSON files, then create custom shape maps adding some algorithms and buttons for controling points based on perspective....basically squishing the 2d mesh to simulate 3d, I think this is how early "3D" games worked.
I've had success viewing isolated pointcloud meshes in PBI....basically taking pointclouds through meshlab, to Revit, then used dynamo to flatten them meshes to planes formatted as topoJSON files. Then import that to powerBI custom shapemap. Colorizing by the preserved distance (using CloudCompare) agains revit phsical model mesh....so the end result is an interactive mesh in PBI colorized by distance to BIM model
All of this is likely too complicated for a full building, perhaps a better solution is to use PBI to stream data to a disparate viewer. A crude example is would be streaming the PBI data realtime to .csv and running Dynamo in "Automatic" mode to live filter/orient Revit.
- klausvm5 years agoFrequent Visitor
How do you convert it to topoJSON in Dynamo? Any help would be appriciated.
Have you had any succes doing the same for floorplans?
- am3d3 years agoNew Member
Hi, friend .. Like you, I also want to be able to do these exports without the need for a paid application. I want to program it myself, but I don't know why to start. Could you please share the progress you have made so I can investigate it too?